CN110310430B

CN110310430B - Automatic vending device

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Publication number: CN110310430B
Application number: CN201910607668.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高金刚
Original assignee: Shanghai Meifu Cloud Computing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Meifu Cloud Computing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-05
Filing date: 2019-07-05
Publication date: 2022-03-18
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-05
Also published as: CN110310430A

Abstract

The invention provides a vending apparatus, comprising: a support frame; the shell assembly is matched with the supporting frame to form a closed cavity; the shelf component is arranged in the closed cavity and is provided with at least one layer of accommodating structure, the at least one layer of accommodating structure comprises at least two partition plates which divide the at least one layer of accommodating structure into a plurality of storage bins, the partition plates are arranged in the at least one layer of accommodating structure in an upright manner, and the edges of the partition plates comprise notches; at least one access opening that cooperates with the notch of the partition to form an access space, wherein the access space is sized to allow a user to manually access and remove a target item from the storage compartment through the access space. The automatic vending device realizes safe and convenient taking and placing of single target goods and has good user experience.

Description

Automatic vending device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned retail devices, in particular to an automatic vending device.

Background

One common practice of current vending machines is to push the product off the shelf directly into the pick-up area, which greatly limits the types of products that can be vended, e.g., fragile products cannot be vended in this manner. Correspondingly, the goods taking port of the automatic vending device has only one opening and closing door if the whole goods shelf is opened, and all goods can be taken when the goods taking port is opened.

The intelligent vending machine is also provided with a plurality of storage compartments, each storage compartment is correspondingly provided with a switch door for taking goods or supplementing goods, and each switch door is correspondingly provided with an electric control lock.

In conclusion, the two goods taking opening structures of the automatic vending device are not convenient for safety control; or each cargo occupies a grid and an entrance guard, occupies a large space and is inconvenient to take and place, and the cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

What this application will solve is that current automatic vending device's the safety control user of being not convenient for gets technical problem of goods.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention discloses an automatic vending device, which comprises:

a support frame;

the shell assembly is matched with the supporting frame to form a closed cavity;

the shelf component is arranged in the closed cavity and is provided with at least one layer of accommodating structure, the at least one layer of accommodating structure comprises at least two partition plates which divide the at least one layer of accommodating structure into a plurality of storage bins, the partition plates are arranged in the at least one layer of accommodating structure in an upright manner, and the edges of the partition plates comprise notches;

at least one access opening that cooperates with the notch of the partition to form an access space, wherein the access space is sized to allow a user to manually access and remove a target item from the storage compartment through the access space.

Optionally, the access port comprises:

a first side facing an interior space of the vending apparatus;

a second face facing an external space of the vending apparatus;

an opening having a width and a height that allow a piece of target cargo to pass through the opening but are insufficient for a user's entire hand to pass through the opening, wherein the opening includes a pickup location that allows at least one finger of the user to pass from the exterior space through the opening into the interior space to retrieve the target cargo.

Optionally, the pick-up location is in the middle or upper portion of the opening; or the like, or, alternatively,

the width of the goods taking part is larger than that of the opening; or the like, or, alternatively,

the width of the goods taking part on the second surface is larger than that on the first surface; or the like, or, alternatively,

the height of the goods taking part on the second surface is greater than that on the first surface; or the like, or, alternatively,

the width of the goods taking part is continuously widened from the first surface to the second surface or is widened in a step shape.

Optionally, the top end and/or the bottom end of the goods taking part in the height direction of the opening are/is further provided with a guide part, and the size of one side, close to the opening, of the guide part is smaller than that of one side, far away from the opening, of the guide part.

Optionally, the storage bins of each layer of the storage structure are arranged at intervals along the rotation circumference of the shelf assembly, the maximum opening of the storage bin is matched with the corresponding opening, and any one of the storage bins can be communicated with the corresponding opening.

Optionally, the vending apparatus further comprises a driving mechanism disposed at a bottom side of the shelf assembly, the driving mechanism being configured to drive the shelf assembly to move rotationally relative to the support frame.

Optionally, the driving mechanism is a vertical speed reduction motor, an input shaft and an output shaft of the speed reduction motor are perpendicular, and an output shaft of the driving motor is in transmission connection with the goods shelf assembly.

Optionally, the supporting frame includes at least one supporting pillar, the at least one supporting pillar is provided with the goods access opening, and each layer of the accommodating structure corresponds to at least one of the goods access openings.

Optionally, the inner profile of the support post is a structure that is proximate to the racking assembly and does not interfere with the rotational movement of the racking assembly.

Optionally, the shelf assembly further comprises a bottom support disc, a top support disc and N middle support discs, the bottom support disc, the N middle support discs and the top support disc are sequentially arranged from bottom to top at intervals to form N +1 layers of the accommodating structure, wherein N is a natural number;

the shelf assembly further comprises an illuminating device, the illuminating device comprises a support body and a luminous body, and the support body is arranged at the bottom of the top supporting disk and/or the bottom of the middle supporting disk; the luminous body is embedded in the support body, and at least part of the support body is a light-transmitting area.

Optionally, the access port further comprises a sealing door and a magnetic lock, the sealing door is mounted on the first face or the second face through a hinge, and the sealing door is used for opening or closing the opening;

the magnetic lock is used for locking or unlocking the sealing door in a state that the sealing door closes the opening.

Optionally, the vending apparatus further comprises a control system capable of controlling the opening and closing of the sealing door and the driving mechanism to rotate the user-selected storage bin to the access opening and align the storage bin with the opening; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the pick port further comprises a first user traffic interface mounted on the second face.

Optionally, the vending machine includes a second user communication interface disposed on the support column, the second user communication interface being configured to receive a purchase request or a lease request; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the vending device further comprises a network communication device, and the network communication device is used for data transmission between the vending device and the server and/or the mobile terminal.

By adopting the technical scheme, the automatic vending device has the following beneficial effects:

1) the goods shelf component of the automatic vending device is provided with at least one layer of accommodating structure and a goods taking opening corresponding to the accommodating structure, each layer of accommodating structure divides the accommodating structure into a plurality of storage bins through a partition board, the partition boards are arranged in the accommodating structure in an upright manner, the edge of each partition board comprises a notch, and the goods taking opening is matched with the notch of each partition board to form a goods taking space; the object placing bin is a relatively closed space, only one target object can be placed in the space, the side edge, close to the object taking opening, of any partition plate can be further provided with the notch corresponding to the object taking opening, the notch can ensure the convenience of taking and placing the target object, even if a finger of a user can touch another object adjacent to the object placing bin, the other object cannot be taken and placed sufficiently, and the purpose that the single target object can be taken and placed safely and conveniently is achieved.

2) The automatic vending device adopts the rotary goods shelf which is provided with at least one layer of accommodating structure, and each layer of accommodating structure corresponds to one goods taking port, so that the space is saved and the cost is reduced; the accommodating structure comprises a plurality of storage bins, any one of the storage bins can be communicated with the corresponding opening under the rotation of the rotary goods shelf, the control system controls the power system to rotate the storage bin selected by a user to the goods taking opening and align to the opening, unmanned automatic management is achieved, and manual intervention is not needed.

3) According to the goods taking port on the automatic vending device, the width and the height of the opening of the goods taking port allow a piece of target goods to pass through the opening from the inner space to the outer space, the opening comprises a goods taking part, and the goods taking part allows at least one finger of a user to pass through the opening from the outer space to the inner space to take out the target goods, so that safe and convenient taking and placing of the single piece of target goods are further realized.

4) The goods taking part can comprise an opening area which is convenient for a user to clamp books, and a sunken area which enables the hand of the user to be better close to the opening area in a holding state, and the opening area and the sunken area form a gradually expanding type goods taking part structure; in addition, the guide part is arranged in the sunken area, so that the guide degree of the target goods is good, and the integral structural strength of the goods taking opening can be improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a vending apparatus (with housing components omitted) according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a support frame configuration in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the assembly of the support frame and the housing assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a shelf assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a single-deck receiving structure and access opening in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial block diagram of a pick-up port according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a front view of fig. 6.

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a support column according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a single-layered receiving structure according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a single-layer receiving structure with a retaining ring portion according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the single-layered storage structure of the vending apparatus in accordance with the present invention with the access door being opened;

fig. 13 is a perspective view of the closed state of the sealing door corresponding to fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a schematic view of the assembly of the top cover and the support frame according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The following is a supplementary description of the drawings:

1-a support frame; 11-a first support post; 12-a second support post; 13-a top end support beam; 14-bottom end support beams;

2-a housing assembly; 21-a top cover; 22-a housing; 22 a-a first housing; 22 b-a second housing;

3-a shelf assembly; 31-a separator; 311-notch; 32-a central column; 33-bottom support disc; 34-an intermediate support disc; 35-a top support disc; 36-a collar portion;

4-a goods taking port; 41-opening; 42-first hinge mounting location; 43-a recessed region; 44-a guide; 45-second hinge mounting position; 46-a breach zone; 47-first user communication interface mount; 48-lock body mounting portion; 49-first user traffic interface; 410-sealing the door;

5-target cargo;

6-a drive mechanism;

7-a lighting device; 71-a support; 711-inner annular baffle; 712-a bottom plate; 713-outer annular baffle; 72-a light emitter;

8-second user traffic interface.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Reference herein to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one implementation of the invention. In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings, which is for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. Moreover, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

Example (b):

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a vending apparatus (with housing assembly omitted) according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 illustrates a support frame structure according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of the assembly of the support frame and the housing assembly of one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a shelf assembly in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a single-level containment structure and access port mating according to one embodiment of the present invention. The technical solution of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic vending device, including:

a support frame 1;

the shell component 2 is matched with the supporting frame 1 to form a closed cavity;

the shelf component 3 is arranged in the closed cavity, the shelf component 3 is provided with at least one layer of accommodating structure, the at least one layer of accommodating structure comprises at least two partition plates 31 which divide the at least one layer of accommodating structure into a plurality of storage bins, the partition plates 31 are arranged in the at least one layer of accommodating structure in an upright manner, and the edges of the partition plates 31 comprise notches 311;

at least one access opening 4, wherein the access opening 4 cooperates with the notch 311 of the partition 31 to form an access space, wherein the access space is sized to allow a user to manually access the target item 5 through the access space and remove the target item 5 from the storage compartment.

In this embodiment, the storage compartment is a relatively closed space, which may only allow one target cargo 5 to be placed in, the side of any one of the partition plates 31 near the cargo access may further be provided with the notch 311 corresponding to the cargo access, and the notch 311 is used to ensure that the target cargo is conveniently placed and taken, and even if a finger of a user can touch another cargo in an adjacent storage compartment, the other cargo is not enough to be placed and taken. In a possible embodiment, the depth of the notch 311 may be equal to one sixth of the total width of the partition 31, and the partition width described herein is the dimension along the depth direction of the storage compartment, and may be freely adjusted according to the needs, such as 1/7, 2/7, 1/3, etc.

In this embodiment, the target goods refers to goods that are easy for users to pick and place and are suitable for sharing renting and/or selling, for example, the goods are in a plate-shaped structure (a square article with a length and a width much larger than a height or a thickness), and may be books or similar products, such as audio and video products, paper book-like goods, chocolate boxes, box-shaped medicines, and the like.

FIG. 6 is a partial block diagram of a pick port according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 7 is a front view of fig. 6.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the access port 4 includes:

a first side facing an interior space of the vending apparatus;

a second face facing an external space of the vending apparatus;

an opening 41, the width and height of the opening 41 allowing a piece of target cargo to pass through the opening 41 but not enough for the entire hand of a user to pass through the opening 41, wherein the opening 41 includes a pickup portion allowing at least one finger of the user to pass from the external space through the opening 41 into the internal space to pick up the target cargo.

In this embodiment, the width and height of the opening 41 do not allow one hand of the user to pass through the opening 41 completely, but it is possible to ensure that a target cargo passes through the opening 41 from the front side of the internal space toward the outside into the external space, or that a target cargo is put back into the internal space from the external space, and the target cargo may enter and exit the opening 41 in a vertical state, or may enter and exit the opening 41 horizontally or at an inclined angle. That is, the access opening may be adapted to sell and/or lease a desired vending apparatus.

Taking a book as an example, the size of the book should be predetermined, that is, the size of the opening 41 corresponds to the size of the book to be sold, and the size of the opening 41 does not allow two books to pass through, so that it is ensured that the user can only take one book at a time.

It should be noted that the pickup portion allows at least one finger of the user to enter the internal space from the external space through the opening 41, contact and pinch the side of the target item (e.g., a book), and then pick up the target item.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the area of the pickup portion and the area of the opening partially overlap, and the manner of picking up the goods with the fingers can be flexibly adjusted according to the position of the pickup portion. Two typical finger pick-ups are as follows:

in the first mode of taking goods with fingers, a user can hook the top end of the target goods with one finger, so that the target goods can be inclined by taking the bottom end as a fulcrum until part of the top end of the target goods is exposed out of the second surface, and then the target goods can be completely extracted by matching with the rest of fingers. To assist understanding, it can be incorporated into a library bookshelf, requiring a process of finger-grabbing and tilting the book when all the faces of the book facing the user are aligned. This requires that the length of the opening be greater than the length of the book and the raised portion be adapted to be grasped by the user with one finger. The pick-up location is the upper portion of the opening above the book. The width of the goods taking part can be the same as that of the opening, and can also be wider than that of the opening, so that the fingers can conveniently enter the goods taking part.

In a second manner of finger picking, the picking position may allow the two fingers (e.g., thumb and forefinger) of the user to partially grasp the target item from the second side through the picking position to the corresponding interior space of the first side and extract the item. Thus, the pick-up location should be centered, centered or centered on the opening. Similarly, the width of the access location may be equal to or greater than the width of the opening in order to facilitate the passage of two fingers through the opening.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the opening 41 has a first boundary and a second boundary opposite to each other in the width direction, a part of the first boundary and a part of the second boundary are correspondingly enlarged to form gaps on two sides, the gap of the first boundary and the gap of the second boundary form a gap area 46, the gap area 46 forms the pick-up portion, and the pick-up portion can allow at least two finger parts (such as a thumb and an index finger) of a user to pass through the pick-up portion from the second side to an internal space corresponding to the first side to clamp the target cargo. In this embodiment, the position of the pickup portion with respect to the height direction of the opening 1 may be arbitrary, such as in the upper, middle, or lower portion of the opening 41. The notch 311 on the side edge of any one of the clapboards 31 close to the goods access 4 corresponds to the notch on the goods access.

In this embodiment, the width of the pickup portion is greater than the width of the opening.

When the goods taking part in the embodiment is located at the upper part of the opening, the goods taking part can be formed by combining the height difference in the above embodiment, that is, the first finger goods taking mode and the second finger goods taking mode are correspondingly adopted to be matched to take out the target goods.

The first finger pick-up mode can also be matched with the second finger pick-up mode.

In other possible embodiments, the finger picking mode may also be adjusted according to the actual requirement of the weight of the target goods in the vending device, for example, fingers of two hands are respectively inserted into the target goods to clamp the target goods, and the target goods are extracted.

In this embodiment, when returning the target item, the target item is inserted into the opening and pushed completely onto the shelf in the internal space with the fingers.

In some embodiments, the access location has a width at the second side that is greater than a width at the first side. In this embodiment, the width of the pickup portion may be continuously increased from the first surface to the second surface or may be increased in a step shape. In a possible embodiment, the width of the pick-up location may also widen from the first side to the second side in other divergent configurations.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the goods taking opening 4 is a plate-shaped structure, the opening 41 can be understood as a strip-shaped through hole, and the size of the opening 41 is suitable for the target goods (such as books) to enter and exit in a vertical state; the area where the opening 41 and the gap area 46 are overlapped is empty, and the area is used for directly exposing the shelf of the internal space to a user;

in the arrangement of figures 6 and 2, the breach zone 46 of the access point is located lower in the middle of the opening 41. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the opening of the access portion may be in the middle, middle or upper portion of the opening 41;

the goods taking position can also comprise a concave area 43, the concave area 43 is a hollowed area taking the opening area 46 as the center, and the concave area 43 is partially overlapped with the opening 41; the depressed area 43 is a space dug out under the condition that the goods taking opening satisfies a first preset thickness except for the gap area 46 and the through part of the opening 41, so that the thickness of the opening 41 and the gap area 46 can be as thin as possible, and the fingers of a user can conveniently and smoothly pass through the depressed area. The user's hand can approach the opening area 46 in the grasping state, so that the target cargo can be taken out smoothly. The thickness of the opening 41 and the notch region 46 is the thickness of the sidewall of the opening 41 and the notch region 46 from the first face to the second face, and may be understood as the thickness of the plate around the opening 41 and the notch region 46.

The recessed area 43 may be sized as desired. In a possible embodiment, the hollow impermeable areas of the recessed area 43, i.e. the openings 41 and the breaks 43, can be obtained by hollowing out a thickness of about 80cm x 100 cm. This area separates the user from the interior space by a sheet of approximately 3mm thickness, which facilitates access to the opening area 46 by the user's hand in the grasped condition, and also ensures the safety of the interior space of the vending apparatus.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the top end and/or the bottom end of the pick-up portion along the height direction of the opening 1 are further provided with a guiding portion 44, the guiding portion 44 is located in the recessed area 43, and the size of the side of the guiding portion 44 close to the opening 41 is smaller than that of the side far away from the opening 41. The guide part can play a role of avoiding the hand of a user, can also play a role of guiding the target goods to a certain extent, and can also ensure the structural strength of the opening 41.

Specifically, it can be understood that, in the above embodiment, the guide portion 44 is formed by continuously enlarging the outer space of the opening 41 except for the vertical deep-digging portion at the top and bottom of the vertical deep-digging portion by using a ladder-shaped structure or a gradient cutting groove in addition to the vertical deep-digging portion of the second face in the process of hollowing out the recessed region 43. Accordingly, the recessed area 43 in this embodiment includes the vertical dug portion and a continuing enlarged portion forming the guide 44.

In some embodiments, the pick location is greater in height at the second face than at the first face.

In one case, the pick-up portion includes the recessed area 43, and the height of the pick-up portion as a whole on the second surface is inevitably larger than the height of the first surface due to the presence of the recessed area 43.

Alternatively, the edges of the open area 46 of the access area may diverge from the first side to the second side, such as in a bucket-like configuration. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the boundary of the opening 41 may also be gradually enlarged from the first surface to the second surface.

In addition, the width of the opening of the goods-taking opening may be smaller than the maximum opening width of the corresponding storage compartment, or may be equal to or slightly wider than the maximum opening width of the corresponding storage compartment. As long as it is ensured that the user can only take the target goods of one storage compartment at a time.

In some embodiments, the storage compartments of each layer of the receiving structure are arranged at intervals along the rotation circumference of the shelf assembly, the largest openings of the storage compartments are matched with the corresponding openings, and any one of the storage compartments can be respectively communicated with the corresponding opening.

In some embodiments, as shown with reference to FIG. 5, theThe width dimension of the partition 31 is denoted as W₁The width of the target cargo 5 is denoted as W₂，W₁And W₂Satisfies the relationship: w₁≤W₂/2；

The width relationship between the partition board 31 and the target goods 5 ensures that the target goods 5 are not clamped and restrained by the two partition boards 31 forming the storage bin on the partial side surfaces in the width direction, the partition boards 31 only need to be in an upright state for fixing the target goods 5, the contact area between the partition boards 31 and the target goods 5 is reduced, the friction force between the partition boards 31 and the target goods 5 is reduced during goods taking, and the goods taking is convenient for a user to take out the goods easily by hand. Wherein the width direction in this embodiment is the direction from the edge of the shelf assembly to the center of the shelf assembly. If the target product 5 is a book, it can be understood that the book is in the width direction along the cover, and the part near the binding position is clamped and restrained by the two partition plates 31, so that the book is in the vertical state, and the side near the opened book is not clamped and restrained by the partition plates 31. Generally, the width of the partition 31 is 60cm-90cm when the partition is used for book goods.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the vending apparatus further comprises a driving mechanism 6, the driving mechanism 6 is disposed at a bottom side of the shelf assembly 3, the shelf assembly 3 is rotatably connected to the supporting frame 1, and the driving mechanism 6 is used for driving the shelf assembly 3 to rotate relative to the supporting frame 1.

In this embodiment, the driving mechanism 6 may be a vertical speed reducing motor, an input shaft of the vertical speed reducing motor is perpendicular to an output shaft of the vertical speed reducing motor, and the output shaft of the vertical speed reducing motor is in transmission connection with the shelf assembly 3.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 4, the shelf assembly 3 may further include a central column 32, the central column 32 penetrates through the center of the shelf assembly 3, the central column 32 is in transmission connection with the shelf assembly 3, one end of the central column 32 is in transmission connection with the driving mechanism 6, and the driving mechanism 6 can drive the central column 32 to drive the shelf assembly 3 to rotate.

In some embodiments, the support frame includes at least one support column, the at least one support column is provided with the access opening, and each layer of the accommodating structures corresponds to at least one access opening.

In a possible implementation manner, the supporting frame may only include a first supporting upright, the first supporting upright is provided with the goods taking opening, and the goods taking opening and the accommodating structure are in one-to-one correspondence. Referring to fig. 2, the supporting frame further includes a top end supporting beam and a bottom end supporting beam, the top end supporting beam and the bottom end supporting beam are spaced and arranged in parallel, and both the top end supporting beam and the bottom end supporting beam are cantilever beams; one end of the top end supporting beam is connected with the upper part of the first supporting upright post, and one end of the bottom end supporting beam is connected with the lower part of the first supporting upright post; the goods shelf component is arranged between the top end supporting beam and the bottom end supporting beam and is respectively and rotatably connected with the top end supporting beam and the bottom end supporting beam.

In another possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the supporting frame 1 includes a first supporting upright 11 and a second supporting upright 12, the second supporting upright 12 is spaced apart from and opposite to the first supporting upright 11, the first supporting upright 11 and/or the second supporting upright 12 is provided with the goods access opening, and each layer of the receiving structure corresponds to at least one of the goods access openings. The supporting frame 1 further comprises a top end supporting beam 13 and a bottom end supporting beam 14, the top end supporting beam 13 and the bottom end supporting beam 14 are arranged in parallel at intervals, one end of the top end supporting beam 13 is connected with the upper part of the first supporting upright 11, and the other end of the top end supporting beam 13 is connected with the upper part of the second supporting upright 12; one end of the bottom end support beam 14 is connected to the lower portion of the first support column 11, and the other end of the bottom end support beam 14 is connected to the lower portion of the second support column 12. The shelf assembly is disposed between the top end support beam 13 and the bottom end support beam 14, and the shelf assembly is rotatably connected to the top end support beam 13 and the bottom end support beam 14, respectively.

In this embodiment, each layer of the receiving structure may correspond to only one of the article taking ports 4, and a plurality of the article taking ports 4 may be disposed on the first supporting column 11 or the second supporting column 12, or may be dispersed on the first supporting column 11 and the second supporting column 12. Each layer of the accommodating structure can also correspond to a plurality of the goods taking ports 4, and if the goods taking ports 4 corresponding to the accommodating structure are arranged on the first supporting upright post and the second supporting upright post, the accommodating structure can move according to the path of the goods taking port with the shortest distance from the storage bin where the target goods selected by the user are located in actual work.

In addition, it should be noted that the supporting columns can be further provided with a plurality of supporting columns, such as three supporting columns, four supporting columns, five supporting columns and the like, flexible selection is carried out according to the size of the automatic vending device, the waiting time of a user is further saved, and the experience degree is improved.

FIG. 8 shows a cross-sectional schematic view of a support column of one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the inner profile of the support post is a structure that is proximate to the shelf assembly and does not interfere with the rotational movement of the shelf assembly. The inner contour referred to here is understood to mean the inner contour of the cross section of the support column or the inner contour of the top view of the support column.

Specifically, in order to meet the requirement of matching with the rotary shelf assembly, the inner side of the support upright post is set to be of a circular profile or a structure which is close to the circular profile by a polygon, so that the rotary motion of the shelf assembly is not interfered, and the inner side of the support upright post is ensured to be close to the shelf assembly, so that a user can conveniently take goods by fingers, and the fingers can easily reach target goods.

In addition, the outer contour of the supporting upright post can also adopt a circular contour or a structure that a polygon approximates to the circular contour. Different shapes can be designed according to requirements.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a support column of one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a single-layer containment structure according to an embodiment of the invention; fig. 10 shows a schematic view of a lighting device according to an embodiment of the invention.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 9, the shelf assembly further includes a bottom supporting disk 33, a top supporting disk 35, and N middle supporting disks 34, where the bottom supporting disk 33, the N middle supporting disks 34, and the top supporting disk 35 are sequentially disposed from bottom to top at intervals to form N +1 layers of the receiving structure, where N is a natural number; the bottom support disk 33, the N middle support disks 34 and the top support disk 35 are respectively in transmission connection with the central column 32 and can rotate along with the central shaft;

a plurality of the partition plates 31 are arranged between any two adjacent layers of the bottom supporting disk 33, the top supporting disk 35 and the N middle supporting disks 34.

The shelf assembly further comprises a lighting device 7, the lighting device 7 comprises a support body 71 and a light 72, the support body 71 is arranged at the bottom of the top support disk 35 and/or the bottom of the middle support disk 34; the light emitter 72 is embedded in the support 71, and at least part of the support 71 is a light-transmitting region.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the supporting body 71 includes an inner annular baffle 711, a bottom plate 712, and an outer annular baffle 713, which are connected in sequence, the inner annular baffle 711 and the outer annular baffle 713 are disposed at two opposite sides of the bottom plate 712 at intervals, the inner annular baffle 711, the bottom plate 712, and the outer annular baffle 713 surround to form a receiving groove, and the light emitter 72 is disposed in the receiving groove. The light 72 may be an LED lamp.

The top end of the partition plate 31 is provided with a notch, and the support body 71 is connected with the notch in a matching manner. Specifically, the support body 71 abuts on a step surface formed by the unfilled corner.

Any one of the inner ring baffle 711, the bottom plate 712, and the outer ring baffle 713 may be provided with a light transmitting region. Preferably, the material of the bottom plate 712 may be a light-transmitting material. The outer annular baffle 713 may also be a hollow light-transmitting region, for example, the hollow light-transmitting region may be patterned with artistic patterns.

In this embodiment, the shelf assembly has a cylindrical multi-layer shelf structure, occupies a small area, and is convenient for storing more target goods.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a single-layer housing structure with a retaining ring according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 11, a ring blocking portion 36 is disposed on a side surface of the bottom support disk 33 facing the top support disk 35, and a plurality of locking slots are further disposed on a side surface of the bottom support disk 33 facing the top support disk 35, and the locking slots are radially distributed around the ring blocking portion 36;

the retaining ring part 36 is arranged on one side surface of the middle supporting disk 34 facing the top supporting disk 35, a plurality of clamping grooves are also formed on one side surface of the middle supporting disk 34 facing the top supporting disk 35, a fixing part is arranged at a position, corresponding to the clamping groove of the bottom supporting disk 33 or another adjacent middle supporting disk 34, of the bottom end of the middle supporting disk 34, and a fixing clamping groove is formed in the fixing part;

the fixing piece is also arranged at the position, corresponding to the clamping groove of the bottom supporting disk 33 or the adjacent middle supporting disk 34, of the bottom end of the top supporting disk 35;

the top end of the partition plate 31 is inserted into the clamping groove, the top end of the partition plate 31 is inserted into the fixing clamp groove corresponding to the clamping groove, and one side of the partition plate 31 close to the central column 32 abuts against the blocking ring part 36.

In some embodiments, the retaining ring 36 is provided with a plurality of through holes for air circulation, so that the target cargo is in an open state when being placed in the storage compartment of each layer of the receiving structure, thereby facilitating the ventilation drying and sterilization of the target cargo. Secondly, the ring blocking part 36 can also play a role in keeping goods orderly, namely, when the goods are placed, one side of the goods is abutted against the ring blocking part 36, so that the goods are also placed orderly in a circular ring array.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention showing a single-deck receiving structure associated with a single access opening with the door open; fig. 13 is a perspective view of the closed state of the sealing door corresponding to fig. 12.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, 7, 12 and 13, the access port further comprises a door seal mounted to the first face or the second face by a hinge and a magnetic lock, the door seal being configured to open or close the opening;

the magnetic lock with seal the door set up in get the same side of goods mouth, the magnetic lock is located open-ended one side, it is located to seal the door open-ended opposite side, the magnetic lock with it is relative to seal the door, the magnetic lock is used for seal the door and close will under the open-ended state seal the door locking or unblock to guarantee as entrance guard the safety of target goods. Specifically, the movement control of the sealing door can be realized by dragging the sealing door by adopting a ball screw and a speed reducer, and the opening and closing state of the sealing door is fed back by matching with a limit sensor.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the second surface is provided with a hinge mounting portion on one side of the opening, the hinge mounting portion including a first hinge mounting location 42 and a second hinge mounting location 45, and the hinge can be mounted in the hinge mounting portion, such that the door is fixed to one side of the opening by the hinge. Preferably, the hinge uses two primary and secondary hinge hinges from top to bottom, and the primary and secondary hinge corresponds first hinge mounting position 42, and the secondary and secondary hinge corresponds second hinge mounting position 45, and two one of them of primary and secondary hinge has self-closing, buffering and closes and door dynamics adjustable function.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, a lock body installation portion 48 is further disposed on the second surface, the lock body installation portion 48 is located on one side of the opening 41 away from the hinge installation portion, the magnetic lock is installed on the lock body installation portion 48, and the magnetic lock can attract the door seal when the door seal is in a closed state.

With reference to fig. 6, 7, 12 and 13, the magnetic lock and the door 410 are both disposed on a side surface of the goods taking opening facing the external space, the door 410 is installed on one side of the opening 41 (the left side shown in fig. 12), the magnetic lock installation portion 48 is located on the other side of the opening 41 (the right side shown in fig. 12), the magnetic lock is installed on the magnetic lock installation portion 48, when the door 410 is closed, the magnetic lock can attract the door, and when the door needs to be opened, the magnetic lock can release the door.

When the target goods required by the user rotate to the position of the opening, the corresponding sealing door can be opened to take away the target goods. The target goods are required to be returned to the storage bin or the corresponding storage bin is rented, the storage bin meeting the requirements rotates to the position of the opening, the corresponding sealing door is opened, and the user manually puts the target goods required to be stored or returned into the storage bin. Typically, this vending device can be used to the unmanned retail of books or unmanned on duty books system of borrowing, conveniently realizes purchasing, borrows, still books, all need not artificial intervention, safe and reliable, and user experience is good.

In some embodiments, the vending machine further comprises a control system, the control system is respectively connected with the electromagnetic lock and the driving mechanism, and the control system can control the opening and the closing of the sealing door and control the driving mechanism to rotate the storage bin selected by the user to the goods taking opening and align the storage bin with the opening.

In some embodiments, the access opening further comprises a first user interface, the first user interface being mounted on the second side.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 7 and with reference to fig. 12 and 13, the second surface is provided with a first user communication interface installation portion 47, and the first user communication interface 49 is installed on the first user communication interface installation portion 47. The first user traffic interface 49 may be lights, speakers, display screens, etc. The alert means such as the first user interface 49 may be an audible alert and/or a flashing light alert. For example, when the magnetic lock is opened, the first user communication interface 49 may provide a light to indicate that the corresponding sealing door 410 is opened, and provide a sound to indicate the user to perform the operation of picking and placing the target cargo. And door closing reminding can be performed. In addition, the first user interface 49 may indicate the current operating status according to different statuses, such as color, etc., such as a first color before the user takes the goods, a second color when the user takes the goods, a third color when the vending machine is in the good, etc.

Correspondingly, the inner side of the supporting upright post can be further provided with an electric wire wiring groove, so that the electromagnetic lock and the electric wire line of the first user interface can be conveniently laid.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the vending machine comprises a second user interface 8, the second user interface 8 being arranged on the support upright, the second user interface being configured to receive a purchase request or a lease request.

Specifically, the second user traffic interface 8 may be disposed on the first support column and/or the second support column, the second user traffic interface 8 is connected to the control system, and the second user traffic interface 8 is used for human-computer interaction, payment of fees, sending information, such as a location where the target cargo is located, required by the user, to the control system, and the like. In a possible embodiment, the second user traffic interface 8 may be one or a combination of several forms of bar code (barcode, two-dimensional code, etc.), button, display screen or receiving module.

In some embodiments, the vending apparatus further comprises a network communication device for data transmission between the vending apparatus and a server and/or a mobile terminal.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 14, the shell assembly includes a top cover 21 and an outer cover 22, the top cover 21 is connected to the top end support beam 13, and the outer cover 22 cooperates with the top cover 21, the first support column 11 and/or the second support column 12 to form the enclosed cavity;

at least a portion of the housing 22 may be configured as a visualization area to facilitate the user to visually see all of the goods and select the target goods that the user wishes to purchase or rent.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, 8 and 14, the housing includes a first housing 22a and a second housing 22b, the first support column is provided with a first side slot, the second support column is provided with a second side slot, one side of the bottom of the top cover 21 is provided with a first circular groove, and the base of the support frame is provided with a second circular groove corresponding to the first circular groove, wherein the base-base assembling structure of the support frame not only needs to play a role of basic support for the support columns, but also needs to bear the basic support of the shelf assembly;

first dustcoat 22a passes through first side recess first ring groove with the embedding of second ring groove in the braced frame, the same thing, second dustcoat 22b passes through second side recess first ring groove with the embedding of second ring groove in the braced frame, constitute the structure of assembling of convex shell. The first outer cover 22a and the second outer cover 22b are made of transparent materials, such as circular arc sheet-shaped tempered glass or acrylic plates.

The transparent portion of the housing may completely expose the shelf assembly in a vertical orientation. When the housing, the first support post and the second support post are spliced to form a cylindrical structure, the portion of the housing occupies more than 81% of the circumference of the cylinder. When the unattended automatic vending device runs, the shelf component with the center rotating can be in a low-speed and uniform-speed rotating state, so that a user can browse all goods on the bookshelf by standing still, and the requirement that multiple users browse the goods needing to select target goods is met.

In some embodiments, the upper end of the top cover 21 may further be fixedly installed with a wireless antenna and a video monitoring camera, so as to implement network operation and security maintenance of the intelligent vending device.

In some embodiments, the outer side of the supporting upright post can be provided with a scanning head, so that the management of target cargos is facilitated.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims

1. A vending apparatus, comprising:

a support frame;

at least one access opening coupled to the housing assembly, wherein the access opening is a plate-like structure having an opening therein, the opening having a width and a height that allow a piece of merchandise to pass therethrough but are insufficient to allow a user's entire hand to pass therethrough, the opening including an access location that allows at least one finger of the user to pass from an exterior space of the vending apparatus through the opening into the enclosed cavity to access the merchandise;

the shelf assembly is arranged in the closed cavity and comprises at least one layer of accommodating structure, each layer of accommodating structure comprises at least two partition plates, the accommodating structure is divided into a plurality of storage bins, the edges of the partition plates comprise gaps, each layer of accommodating structure in the accommodating structure corresponds to at least one goods taking opening so as to allow a user to take out goods in the storage bins of the accommodating structure, the plate-shaped structure comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface faces the inner space of the storage bins, the second surface faces the outer space of the automatic vending device, the opening penetrates through the first surface and the second surface, and the goods taking part is in the middle or upper part of the opening; or the width of the goods taking part is larger than that of the opening; or the width of the goods taking part on the second surface is larger than that on the first surface; or the height of the goods taking part on the second surface is greater than that on the first surface; or the width of the goods taking part is continuously widened from the first surface to the second surface or is widened in a step shape; and

and the driving mechanism is connected with the goods shelf assembly and is configured to drive the goods shelf assembly to rotate relative to the supporting frame so as to rotate a target storage bin in the target layer accommodating structure to a position corresponding to a target goods taking opening, when the target storage bin is rotated to the position corresponding to the target goods taking opening, the target goods taking opening is communicated with the target storage bin, the target goods taking opening is matched with the notch of the partition plate to form a goods taking space, and the size of the goods taking space is configured to allow a user to contact goods through the goods taking space by hand and take the goods out of the target storage bin.

2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the access location further comprises a guide portion at a top end and/or a bottom end of the access location in a height direction of the opening, and a dimension of the guide portion on a side close to the opening is smaller than a dimension of the guide portion on a side far from the opening.

3. The vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of storage compartments of each of said storage structures are circumferentially spaced along the rotation of said shelf assembly, the largest opening of said storage compartment being engaged with a corresponding said opening, any one of said storage compartments being capable of communicating with a corresponding said opening.

4. The vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shelving assembly further comprises a center post extending through the at least one tier of receiving structures and connected to each tier of receiving structures,

the driving mechanism is arranged on one side of the bottom of the goods shelf component and connected with one end of the central column, and the driving mechanism is configured to drive the central column to rotate along the axis of the central column, so that the at least one layer of accommodating structure is driven to rotate around the axis integrally.

5. The vending machine of claim 4, wherein the drive mechanism is a vertical gear motor having an input shaft perpendicular to an output shaft, the output shaft being in driving connection with the shelf assembly.

6. The vending apparatus of claim 4, wherein said support frame includes at least one support column, said at least one support column being provided with said access openings, each level of said receiving structure corresponding to at least one of said access openings.

7. The vending apparatus of claim 6, wherein the inner profile of the support column is a structure that is proximate to the shelf assembly and does not interfere with the rotational movement of the shelf assembly.

8. The vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shelf assembly further comprises a bottom support disk, a top support disk, and N intermediate support disks, the bottom support disk, the N intermediate support disks, and the top support disk being sequentially spaced from bottom to top to form N +1 layers of the receiving structure, wherein N is a natural number;

9. The vending apparatus of claim 4, wherein the access opening further comprises a door seal mounted to the first face or the second face by a hinge, the door seal configured to open or close the opening;

10. The vending apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a control system configured to control opening and closing of the sealing door and to control the drive mechanism to rotate the user-selected storage bin to the access opening and align the opening; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

11. The vending apparatus of claim 6, comprising a second user communication interface disposed on the support column, the second user communication interface configured to receive a purchase request or a lease request; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,